假如朝廷有人，为赢得尘世皇帝的欢心，服从他的命令，更忠于你对天上君主所做的，为中悦于祂，应把自己看作一文不值、心胸狭窄、怯懦及怠惰。

推动你作抉择的圣神， 会轻易提供选择的型态和方式。 The Holy Ghost, who moves you to make your choice, will easily supply the manner and form of the choice。

悔罪应该包括忏悔、告明及补赎。 Penitence should include contrition of heart, confession of the lips, and satisfaction in act.

莫得罪人，如果冒犯敌人，尤其会阻挡我们更能侍奉天主和热心公众福利。

敬酒不喝，喝罚酒。 When kindness toward a man turns out useless, severity will be useful as an example to others.

需勉力注意：以爱待人，彼此之间自然友爱。 Attend as much as you can to this, that you regard one another kindly, so that there may be natural love between you.

未曾询辨主旨，不应承担任务。 Undertake nothing without consulting God.

法官单凭原告陈词， 未经聆听被告答辩而判其有罪，有欠公允。 A judge does ill to believe an accuser, unless on hearing the accused he finds him guilty.

聆听比较说话容易。 Listening is easier than speech.

为渴望获利而讨好他人，放下美好的事情不做，却完成并非罪过但不应做之事务。 Many things, often even good ones, can be left undone, and things done that, though they do not amount to sins, ought not to be done, for the sake of men whom we desire to profit.

如果我们胸怀深度而真诚的谦逊，可相信天主恒常宽宏大方。 We may be quite sure that God is always ready to be liberal, provided he find in us a deep and true humility.

为懈怠的人，因疏忽及缺乏热枕，使工作变为苦差。 Negligence and lukewarmness always make labor a sad business for the slothful.